Boutelle makes St. Michael's cross country history

St. Michael's College women's cross country junior Chloe Boutelle made history on Sunday, becoming the first Purple Knight female to qualify for the NCAA Championship after placing seventh during the NCAA East Regional Championship in Franklin Park.

The Purple Knight women took fourth place among 26 schools, claiming the best finish in program history while narrowly missing their first team bid to the national meet, and the men were 18th out of 28 institutions.

Boutelle ran the 6-K in 22:48 to finish seventh in the 181-runner race and joined Drew Best as the only runners in Saint Michael's history to qualify for NCAAs. Best represented the men in Cary, N.C., as a senior in 2003, while Boutelle will represent St. Michael's women in Spokane, Wash., on Nov. 23 at the Plants Ferry Athletic Complex.

Field hockey

? Middlebury 5, Bowdoin 4 (OT): Alyssa DiMaio netted the game-winner just 2:15 into the first overtime session to lift fourth-seeded Middlebury to a victory over third-seeded Bowdoin in the NESCAC Championship game.

Erasing a two-goal deficit in the final 10:26, the Panthers stormed back, tallying three goals in the game's final 12-plus minutes.

Bridget Instrum helped spark the comeback, finishing with four goals, while scoring twice over a span of 2:07 late in the second half.

Capturing their second consecutive NESCAC title and third overall, the Panthers (15-2) earned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Emily Knapp made five saves in the win, while Hannah Gartner finished with three stops.

Women's soccer

? Middlebury 1, Williams 0: Carter Talgo scored the game's only goal 38:41 into the contest as Middlebury won its third NESCAC Championship with a victory over Williams

The Panthers (13-1-3) receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and will learn their fate when the selections are announced on Monday.

Elizabeth Foody finished the game with four saves to earn her fifth shutout of the season. Hannah Van Wetter made three stops for Williams (12-3-2).

Women's hockey

? Vermont 3, New Hampshire 3: Vermont scored three goals in the first 4:10 of the third period to come from behind and grab a tie with New Hampshire in Hockey East action at Gutterson Fieldhouse.

Bridget Baker, Amanda Pelkey and Delia McNally scored for the Catamounts (3-6, 1-2), while Roxanne Douville made 32 saves, including seven in overtime to preserve the tie.

Men's basketball

? St. Michael's 97, Georgian Court 57: St. Michael's began its season with two straight wins for the first time since 2008-09 by downing Georgian Court on Sunday during the final day of the Stonehill College Tip-Off Classic.

Will Davis and Morrell Gaskins each notched a career-high 13 points off the bench for the Purple Knights. Dom Ditlefsen and Mike Thompson each scored 12 points.